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Beth Horrocks is a Welsh contemporary landscape artist. We find out just which North Wales locations make her tick…
Keen on challenging herself using the graphic pen and tablet,
Have you always wanted to be an artist? How did your
Beth utilises her skills gained after years of drawing logos as a
style develop?
graphic designer. Since 2018, Beth has gradually switched from a
I’ve always known deep down that I wanted to be an artist yes,
career in graphic design to being a full-time artist, stocking many
I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon. I thought I would have
galleries and shops in North Wales and as far afield as Dorset.
to wait until I was retired to pick up paint brushes again to develop a style, but as it turns out – my 17 years as a graphic
Re-discovering her enjoyment of art during an art workshop
designer was like my training to realise my own style.
with her young kids, Beth spotted a call to artists poster to
The graphic pen and tablet gives my work a contemporary
enter an open exhibition. In the little spare time she had (being
feel, which has been received well up to now.
mum of three under six years) Beth submitted some ideas she had been experimenting with and, to her delight, she received
How does the way you work compare to how a traditional
news that she had a successful submission! She went on to win
painter would work?
first prize and sold her artwork on the opening evening. This is
I used to paint, draw and montage a lot in sketchbooks, my
when her career took on a new direction…
father also painted landscapes in his early days although he
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